Pregnant? To Teach or Not To Teach

Pregnant? To Teach or Not To Teach

Congratulations! You’re pregnant!  Your heart is probably overflowing with the joy of motherhood! ….Aaaaaand your mind is probably filled with at least a few oh crap types of thoughts as you embark on the most epic 40-week rollercoaster ride of your...
8 Reasons It Doesn’t Have to Be Hard to Become a Yoga Teacher

8 Reasons It Doesn’t Have to Be Hard to Become a Yoga Teacher

The life of yoga teachers and what it takes to become a yoga instructor is mythologized and misunderstood. The uninitiated often wonder, is it hard to become a yoga teacher? The myth: It’s super hard to become a teacher because you have to learn everything about...
Can a Beginner do a Yoga Teacher Training?

Can a Beginner do a Yoga Teacher Training?

Like the early days of a relationship that you know is right, getting really into yoga as a beginner is often a time full of excitement, reflection and awakening (though not always in the way you expect). So you’ve fallen head over heels in love with yoga and...
What Topics Does a Yoga Alliance-Certified Training Cover?

What Topics Does a Yoga Alliance-Certified Training Cover?

Just like studying at university where lectures follow a certain curriculum, a Yoga Alliance (YA) certified Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) offered by a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School (RYS) is required to cover specific topics. There is freedom within these...
How Many Hours Do You Need to be Certified by the Yoga Alliance?

How Many Hours Do You Need to be Certified by the Yoga Alliance?

Timing is everything. Especially when it comes to YTT! With literally thousands of yoga teacher trainings to choose from with all of the confusing standards, travel options, and formats, you might be wondering, how long is a yoga alliance certified training, really?...